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King, Devin 2013

Thursday, April 11, 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

For me, writing and talking are tied to reading—so much that it almost seems that reading is ontologically prior except that it isn’t, rather the three form a field that I must move in and, in this field, I am usually reading.

– Devin King, “To Be Read”

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Watch Devin King read some of his work:

Devin King: MAKE Reading at the Foxhead, Iowa City | Mission Creek Festival Lit Crawl

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Read an interview with Devin King from Bad at Sports:

Devin King in Conversation with Stephen Lapthisophon

Bad at Sports would like to welcome Devin King as our latest guest blogger. “Devin King lives and works in Chicago. His first book of poetry, CLOPS, is out from the Green Lantern Press and the newest production of his serial opera, Dancing Young Men From High Windows, was part of the 2010 Rhino Theater Festival.”

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Keillor, Garrison 1994

Thursday, January 13, 1994
with Roland Flint

I used to do avant-garde dance
With a blowtorch, blue paint, and no pants,
Which many folks guessed
Was genius, and the rest
Left gladly when given the chance.

– Garrison Keillor, “Baker’s Dozen”

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Listen to Garrison Keillor’s 1994 reading for the Poetry Center of Chicago:

Watch an interview with Garrison Keillor for Time Magazine:

Let winter come and walk roughshod
With sleet and freezing rains.
We fear it not, we trust in God
And jumper cables and tire chains.

– Garrison Keillor, “Minnesota Rouser”

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Listen to Garrison Keillor discuss limericks, free verse, life in St. Paul, Minnesota, and his book, O, What a Luxury:

http://podcasts.jccsf.org/2014/01/garrison-keillor/

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Karpowicz, Tymoteusz 1975

Friday, February 21, 1975
Slavic Poetry
with Josip Brodsky, Djordje Nikolic, and John Rezek

nor yet one dove beneath the vault
of fire will be sent on song
but sinks its neck into our throat
to sip the fireborn saliva

– Tymoteusz Karpowicz, “Musical Evening Stroll”

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Vintage poster of Slavic Poetry, featuring Josip Brodsky, Tymoteusz Karpowicz, Djordje Nikolic, and John Rezek at the Poetry Center of Chicago.

Vintage poster of Slavic Poetry, featuring Josip Brodsky, Tymoteusz Karpowicz, Djordje Nikolic, and John Rezek at the Poetry Center of Chicago.

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